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P. A. STOHLMANN.

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No'. 75,4814. Patented Mar. 1'0, 1868.'l

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FREDERICK A. STOHLMANN, or BROOKLYN, 'NEW YORK.

Leim Patent No. 75,484, dated Meer 1o, 1868.

TRUSS-PAD.

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A TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. STOHLMANN, oiIBrooklyn', in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented and madera. eel-tain vnew and seiul Improvement in TrussPads; and do hereby declaro .the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this speeioation, \vhereinV i Figure 1 is a. view of the face of the pad.

Figure 2 is a. corresponding view oi the spring within the pad; und

`Figure 3 is a section longitudinally through the pad.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts. v

It is reveil-known fact 4that most Vkinds of hernia can be the most comfortably supported by thc'humnn hand, because the fingers give an inward yielding pressure, and accommodate themselves to the movements of the body with much greater facility than 'the rigid pads heretofore usually employed.

The nature of my said invention consists in a. truss-parl formed with fingers in' imitation ofthe human hand,

the same being provided with springs in the fingers, and with padding to give a. soft surface to the pad; and I attach the pad to the truss-spring in such a manner that the pad may be placed at any desired ongle thereto:

In the drawing, a represents a portion of' the truss-spring united by e. sorewor rivet, b, to the pinto c, anr1 d is a screw in a slot, iu a, to allow for clamping the plete c, (vhen turned to any desired ongle to the spring a. The platee is made of spring metal, (I prefer steel,.cnt out into the form of a hantL) and it receives the padding f onone side, and a lining or backing, g; on the other side.' In this forni the truss-pad acts very much like ahuman hand to press in and hold up a. rupture, 'nnd the spring-fingers can be bent` to give more or less pressure upon particular' parts.

What I claim, and desire to secure by .Letters Patent, is A truss-pad, formed with spring-fingers, padded and attached' to the truss-spring, as land for the purposes setiorth.

. In witness \vhereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this seventeenth day of Joly, A. i). 1867. FREDK A. STOHLMANN.

Witnesses:

Oms. H. SMITH, Guo. D. WALKER. 

